Lucario, Amanda

Amanda Lucario was born to Rebecca Lucario and Dwight Lucario at Acoma Pueblo in 1984. Little did she know she was entering one of the most illustrious families of potters at Acoma.

Amanda says she learned most about the traditional way of making pottery from her mother but she also learned a lot from her aunts: Marilyn Ray, Carolyn Concho, Judy Lewis and Diane Lewis.

As much as Amanda grew up surrounded by potters (and other artists), she’s only been making pottery herself since about 2010. She’s participated in shows at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis and the Santa Fe Indian Market where she went home in 2012 with a First Place ribbon for a miniature plate. A piece Amanda took with her to the Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival in 2019 earned her the Best of Division, Pottery award for a work entitled “Guidance Through Life.”

Some of Amanda’s work was part of the Seeds of Being: a Project of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American Art & Museum Studies Seminar at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman, OK, June 12, 2018 to December 30, 2018. That exhibit featured 35 artworks from the James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection and the Rennard Strickland Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Among the exhibiting artists were Linda Lomahaftewa, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, T.C. Cannon, Fritz Scholder, Bob Haozous, Jeffrey Gibson, Tony Abeyta and Cannupa Hanska, among others.

Amanda’s favorite shape to make is the vase while her favorite designs consist of square patterns and snowflake fine lines.

Amanda says she gets her inspiration from her mother and from her aunt Marilyn. She’d like the world to know she’s still working on perfecting her techniques and she’s always grateful for the motivation she receives from her mom and her aunt.

With her mother Rebecca and her older brother Daniel, Amanda participated in A Family Affair, a very successful 2014 Santa Fe Indian Market show at Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery.